Sunday, September 21, 2008. Igh school chemistry class came rushing back to me Saturday evening as we were getting ready for the last night of the county fair - a loud pop was heard in the kitchen. I rushed into the kitchen and discovered little pieces of egg shell strewn about which led my eye to a blackish green pool of fluid on the counter. We were pretty pleased with the final outcome until we saw Duke dug down to get the four remaining eggs and ate them.

Sunday, February 27, 2011. We should have most of what is needed for drying our produce already in our kitchen. What we may be lacking is relatively inexpensive, easy to find and reusable. We can dry all of our fruits and vegetables using little or no electricity or gas in the process. Decide what you are drying and how much.

Sunday, August 24, 2008. What Causes Tomatoes to Split and Crack? Every tomato on our bushes showed some evidence of cracking or splitting. I had seen this before after a rain and in late season tomatoes that lost foliage. In this instance we still have a lot of foliage. On the plants and experienced a week of intermittent. Rain showers after a drought. I wrongly attributed the cracking to rain. That is not exactly correct. Sunday, July 13, 2008. They say spider mite attacks .